Businesses Aren’t Agile, or Innovative or…

Happy New Year’s all! Welcome to 2019, the year our company, The ABC Company finally masters #Agile or #Innovation of any of a myriad of other #buzz words! Anyone who has worked in the corporate world in their career has probably heard a speech like that.  It is usually a ‘C’ Suite leader extolling the …

What is a Hypothesis?

To understand what Hypothesis is and how we use the Hypothesis method we need some background information. Let’s start, by learning about the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry is commonly based on …

Agile & Lean

What is and what is not, in the simple words and thoughts of a lifelong learner, creative professional and an incorrigible ‘failer‘ (not failure!). Agile: 1. Able to move quickly and easily.  Synonyms: nimble, lithe, supple, limber, acrobatic, fleet-footed, light-footed, light on one’s feet; 2. Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used …

Work in Progress (WIP)

WIP is an important concept in Lean and Agile. By definition, WIP is: a form of inventory, usually unfinished goods which still require further work, processing, assembly and or inspection. This type of inventory is usually found within steps or sub-processes of a production process. Only raw materials which have commenced to move through their value adding …

No challenge is too large for the mind or the will of men!

Every day when we come to the office we tend to get bogged down in the minutia of the day.  Email, Instant Messages and Phone calls take our time in between meetings.  We stay busy and work extra to keep up with the daily barrage of information.   Yesterday was June 6, and it was …